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+#N canvas 134 92 582 543 10;
+#X obj 29 16 fromsymbol;
+#X obj 53 251 fromsymbol;
+#X obj 29 37 tosymbol;
+#X text 121 22 transform symbol to numbers or messages and vice versa
+;
+#X text 17 488 cyclone is (c) Miller Puckette and others;
+#X text 18 501 docs based on the MAX/MSP reference (c) cycling'74;
+#X text 17 515 ___________________________________________________
+;
+#X obj 94 190 tosymbol;
+#X text 35 72 since pd lacks a quoting mechanism (like `foo bar`) there
+is;
+#X text 36 84 no support for spaces in symbols \, so the original max
+way of;
+#X text 35 96 using from/tosymbol won't work. One has to construct
+symbols;
+#X text 34 109 with other tools like;
+#X obj 185 113 tosymbol;
+#X obj 267 113 makesymbol;
+#X text 248 109 or;
+#X text 342 110 from zexy;
+#X msg 94 164 this is a list of symbols;
+#X obj 94 215 print symbol_with_spaces;
+#X text 271 218 becomes a symbol with spaces;
+#X obj 53 279 print list_again;
+#X text 178 282 and can be transformed back into a list;
+#X text 31 164 so this:;
+#X obj 90 409 tosymbol;
+#X obj 90 434 print separator;
+#X text 50 353 1;
+#X text 57 382 2;
+#X obj 55 317 tosymbol;
+#X msg 90 379 lets place a _ instead of a space inside;
+#X msg 67 354 separator _;
+#X text 117 321 can also be used to generate non space symbols from
+lists:;
+#X connect 1 0 19 0;
+#X connect 7 0 17 0;
+#X connect 7 0 1 0;
+#X connect 16 0 7 0;
+#X connect 22 0 23 0;
+#X connect 27 0 22 0;
+#X connect 28 0 22 0;